How About 'From The Middle'?

February 15, 2014|Letter to the editor

As a solidly "On the Left" kind of reader, I read Wednesday's op-ed page and was outraged at Cal Thomas' attack on President Obama's credibility without any acknowledgement of the Republican recalcitrance and negativity that has played such an important role in the choices Obama has made in his presidency that have led to the climate of mistrust.

But then I realized that "On the Right" readers were probably equally outraged at Julius Witcover's op-ed piece about the relentless Republican attack on Obamacare. And it occurred to me that The Courant could do a great service to its readership by publishing a new column, "From the Middle," that would represent a more moderate, fair-minded and balanced point of view.

Such a column might actually help to heal the partisan political divide and help us all reach a new middle ground where discourse and problem-solving might be more possible.